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Panoramic Museum Istanbul 1453
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The Panorama 1453 Historical Museum, which was opened with the participation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 31 January 2009, has graced the city of Istanbul thanks to the efforts of the Istanbul Metropolitan City Council. The museum of the conquest, which opens a door onto Istanbul’s history, is located across from the spot on the Topkapi-Edirnekapi ramparts where the siege occurred and is run by Kültür A.S. After the official opening, this cultural location attracted a great deal of attention from the public and has hosted state leaders, including the President of Turkey Abdullah Gül.
This is Topkapi, the place where the fiercest battle of the Constantinople siege took place,
where the unscalable walls were overcome, where the day that the blessed soldiers had awaited
occurred…This is the door that opened onto the conquest of Constantinople…Here you will witness the conquest of Constantinople once again and experience the moment when the soldiers entered the city, almost exactly as it happened. You will witness the explosion of the cannonballs, cast by the Hungarian cannon expert Urban, and see them flung at the walls of Constantinople. The battle cry of Sultan Mehmed II’s soldiers and the sound of the marches played by the Janissary band will accompany you.
You are invited to the Conquest of Constantinople! This area, which fourteen years ago was a bus terminal, is today the location of Topkapi Cultural Park. On the left you can see the Edirnekapi Walls. Straight ahead, you can see the Topkapi Walls, the point where the Ottoman soldiers entered Constantinople. Here you can witness an important moment in history, the fall of Constantinople; it was this event that gave Sultan Mehmet II his title of Fatih (the Conqueror).
During the next few minutes, you will be informed about the scene that is surrounding you on all sides. The painting surrounding us measures 38 meters in diameter and covers an area of 2,350 square meters. In the area that remains between the audience and the panoramic picture, you can see the three-dimensional human figures and machines which cover a total area of 3,000 square meters.
Work on this picture started in 2005 and was completed in 2008. Eight different talented artists have contributed to the painting. 10,000 live models were employed in the project. The sections of the walls that were destroyed and the extent of these areas has been determined according to the report concerned with the repairs of the walls that was presented to Hizir Bey, the first mayor of Istanbul.
Source:http://www.istanbulmodern.org/en/f_index.html
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